A new overpass will be built by the Ministry of Public Works at the intersection of 27 de Febrero and Ortega y Gasset avenues, with an estimated cost of RD$200 million, as reported in Clave Digital. The project will involve the demolition of several businesses and homes in the southwestern quadrant of the intersection. General Director of Planning and Investment Programming Miguel A. Logrono said expropriations will have to be made but the exact number of businesses and homes that will be affected has not been determined yet. The project will eliminate the traffic light at the corner and will consist of a one-leaf clover solution that will make the flow of traffic constant for drivers entering 27 de Febrero from Ortega y Gasset and vice-versa. Grupo Modesto is the company hired by the Ministry to design and build the overpass which will be designed in a manner that will allows the extension of Ortega y Gasset to the Malecon in a second phase of the project. This intersection is the only one in the stretch between Av. Winston Churchill to the bridges over the Ozama River that interrupts the expressway.
Diario Libre reports that the project will be finished next May. It is opposed by the El Vergel neighborhood association, which believes that their area will be affected as it will be divided in two.